OSIJEK, April 6 (Hina) - The trial of former Croatian Army members Nikola Ivankic and Enes Viteskic, accused of war crimes against civilians in Paulin Dvor in 1991, was completed at Osijek County Court on Tuesday and the court will
announce the verdicts on April 8.
OSIJEK, April 6 (Hina) - The trial of former Croatian Army members
Nikola Ivankic and Enes Viteskic, accused of war crimes against
civilians in Paulin Dvor in 1991, was completed at Osijek County Court
on Tuesday and the court will announce the verdicts on April 8.#L#
Ivankic and Viteskic are charged along with a number of as yet
unidentified persons with killing 19 Serb civilians in Paulin Dvor on
11 December 1991. At the time of the crime, the accused were members
of the Croatian Army's 130th Reserve Brigade and were off duty.
The hearing ended with the closing arguments of defence counsel, who
said that the indictment was based on testimonies by witnesses who did
not have direct knowledge of the crime and that the testimonies were
contradictory.
They also said that there was no reliable evidence about the presence
of the accused in Paulin Dvor at the time of the crime or their
involvement in it.
Ivankovic and Viteskic have been in prison since September 2002.
(Hina) rml